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Album of Costume Studies

109. Folios 105 verso–106 recto
110. Folios 106 verso–107 recto
111. Folios 107 verso–108 recto
112. Folios 108 verso–109 recto
113. Folios 109 verso–110 recto
114. Folios 110 verso–111 recto
115. Folios 111 verso–112 recto
116. Folios 112 verso–113 recto
117. Folios 113 verso–114 recto
118. Folios 114 verso–115 recto
119. Folios 115 verso–116 recto
120. Folios 116 verso–117 recto

This album contains 131 drawings in watercolor on 135 leaves, with album leaves numbered at upper right. A second numbering system is also found on the drawings, at upper right of each sheet, ranging from 3 through 164, with some gaps in the sequence, indicating the drawings were once part of a larger series. Margaret Rosenthal has proposed that the album is the work of an Italian artist from the mid to late sixteenth century. The studies, carefully executed in watercolor and gouache, and sometimes highlighted with gold or silver paint, depict a range of regional costumes from Italy and other European countries, as well as examples of costume from Turkey, Syria, Egypt, and elsewhere.